资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dumpy \Dump"y\, a. [Compar. {Dumpier}; superl. {Dumpiest}.] [
   1. From {Dump} a short ill-shapen piece.

   2. From {Dump} sadness.]

   1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately
      stout.

   2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dumpy
     adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
            musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
            chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
            "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";
            "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
            smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky},
             {low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
     2: short and fat [syn: {podgy}, {pudgy}, {tubby}]
     [also: {dumpiest}, {dumpier}]

dumpier
     See {dumpy}